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I turn my shoulders
to the last summer sun
inconsolable for fall
at the door and winter
following they get into
my bones and stay too
long I try resignation
to no avail on my
mutilated wings
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California Notebook 03 is on its way!
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Sep18
Tag Archives: reading
Sep11
Step 13 of 13 Ways Of Looking At A Poem
As I believe in the infinite circle, here after Step 1, is Step 13 🙂
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while I learn to move my ears
in the air to grasp whispers
poetry explains itself
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It’s my hope that each steps of Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Poem led you further ahead in your love and understanding of poetry. Thank you for reading.
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Sep3
Step 1 of 13 Ways Of Writing A Poem
1.
there are times when
a poem you read doesn’t
make any sense where
you suddenly realize how
nice it is to be lost
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After Wallace Stevens poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
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Jun5
Adding Notes
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I didn’t dislike
school most days
yet I was anxious
each day to go home
to have lunch while
reading – to then take a small
break after the meal – under
the sun on the balcony
reading again underlining
my dreams to come
adding notes to my
future days
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May8
Split In Two
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I’m split in two
by the desire to
sit and meditate
and travel madly
to new landscapes
travel nonetheless
new either way
yet the excitement
of moving on the territory
yet the serenity
of exploring the nearby
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This poem is part of the collection California Notebooks 02
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May1
The Life of a Poet
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the life of a poet
is that of cultivating
yourself so that poetry
may choose to visit you
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This poem is part of the new volume “California Notebooks 03” soon to be published.
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Dec12
A Hint Of Poetry
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I wish no one
to die without a hint
of poetry
a hue of love
compassion or
passion
I wish you
all the urge to cross
over this
threshold
while in your home
a nice skin
seeking a touch
from heaven to come
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This poem is part of the collection, available on Amazon, California Notebooks 02
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May27
Poetry is…
A very brief video of a poem read in the Coachella Valley, California.
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This poem is part of the newly published collection California Notebooks 02
Feb25
California Notebooks Vol. 02 – eBook (EN/ITA)
Happy News! California Notebooks vol.02 is now available on Amazon in the e-book vrs. “The poetic desert trip continues toward unusual places and new destinations… Poetry is the magic bus that takes us to beauty, to the invisible geography of the spirit.” The volume is compiled of 100 poems in bilingual format (EN/ITA). Cost $ 8.99
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Buone Nuove! Il secondo volume dei California Notebooks (Quaderni Californiani) è ora disponibile nel formato e-book. “Continua il viaggio poetico verso luoghi inusuali e nuove tappe… La poesia è l’omnibus che ci porta alla bellezza, all’invisibile, una geografia dello spirito.” Il volume comprende 100 poesie in formato bilingue (ING/ITA) e costa 5.99 euro.
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Have a nice weekend! Che sia un buon fine settimana! Anna
Feb18
Thirteen Ways Of Looking At a Poem – 8
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some dreams are infinite it takes
but a few words to evoke those
emotions are a whole sea of waves
useless to separate them to make
some sense just a few words
can take you to sea free the page
among waves and winds
let the reader fly
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After Wallace Stevens poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.
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Feb17
Thirteen Ways Of Looking At a Poem – 7
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some people sit and read
the program but do not pay
attention to the music or the tempo
they do not single out instruments
they need punctuation in poetry
prose in the shape of a column
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After Wallace Stevens poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
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Sep10
Tra un singulto… video
A short video (1’02”) of a poem read at the Festival of Literature of Arcore while I was presenting my book “Imputami il peccato di voler sopravvivere”. The book is in Italian only and can be found on Amazon.
Ecco un breve video (1’02”) di una poesia estrapolato dalla presentazione del libro “Imputami il peccato di voler sopravvivere” al Festival della Letteratura di Arcore il 17 Aprile 2016.
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Il libro, scritto solo in italiano, è in vendita nelle migliori librerie come online. E’ stato pubblicato nel 2013.
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Jul23
Human Mandala (IT/EN)
Here is the video of me reading an unpublished poem I dedicated to “The Human Mandala”, that took place on June 26th 2016, during the Picnic Reale in Monza Park, Italy, where I did a presentation of my book CALIFORNIA NOTEBOOKS hosted by Virginia e Co. bookstore. You can read the translated text below.
Ecco il video della lettura di un mio testo inedito che ho dedicato allo “Human Mandala”, condotto da Paola Campese, durante il Picnic Reale a Monza il 26 giugno 2016. La libreria Virginia e Co. di Monza ha organizzato una presentazione del mio libro “California Notebooks”, al termine della quale ho letto l’inedito che qui vi presento.
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la mia figura
si illumina di poesia
è un altro tipo di sorriso
una formula elementare
di essere nell’uno
universale
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my figure is lit by
poetry from within it’s
a different kind
of smile an elementary
formula to be
in the universal one
Jul5
Adding Notes
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I didn’t dislike
school most days
yet I was anxious
each day to go home
and have lunch while
reading – to then take a small
break after the meal under
the sun on the balcony –
reading again underlining
my dreams to come
adding notes to my
future days
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Jun21
A Writer’s Staccato
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she had wished she could go back to the places
where she spent the night while dreaming.
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she got up to drink lots of water and opened the curtains.
later she was sitting outdoors
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writing, after she had read from her fourth book
that morning, that’s what she considers a lucky day.
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enough peace and time to sip nectar
from the books lined up for her.
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she was staring at her left thumb nail.
a bit uneven as always. wondering how
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and passing her middle finger back and forth on it.
lots of ideas to put down on paper.
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she sniffed the air and opened a bit her mouth
while curling up the tip of the nose
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to trap the scents in.
she had learned that from cats.
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her friend was laying on his side
relaxing in the sun slightly breathing.
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crises passed now. he really didn’t like her
gardening attempt and her watering all around.
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it looked as total relaxation. yet both had attentive
ears to the sounds around. nature yes
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and someone adding sounds of car doors
slammed back and forth and motors.
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starting to pull them away. to their own homes
after they had bought some groceries nearby.
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she glanced at her nail once again. worried.
if she’d got up again she may lose concentration.
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he could have gotten nervous by her restlessness
in spite of the beautiful day. humans.
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he may lose his patience. as if
reading her mind he got up
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to lay a bit further away to leave
her space. or to spy her better
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from under his lowered eyelids.
she was very good at making
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excuses to herself quite often.
her full potential scared her.
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so she used to heed to emotions.
to create pitfalls. that’s it.
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she started her first line. this time
inspiring the lemons’ scents in.
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lulled by the birds singing through the air.
no one needed to read it anyway.
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later she would go wash her car with her own
hands and file straight that nail.
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This piece, originally published in 2013 under the name of “Ray’s Day”, was dedicated to Raymond Carver.
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